{"id":4294,"date":"2017-01-10T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T00:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:14:33","slug":"kn-p-189-fifth-anniversary-thank-you-from-the-kerrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2017\/01\/kn-p-189-fifth-anniversary-thank-you-from-the-kerrians\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 189 “Fifth Anniversary Thank You from the Kerrians”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s with great pleasure that we thank you, the readers, for hanging out with us for five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve taken some really amazing trips to American Civil War battlefields, endured fog and pouring rain on both American and international golf courses, been trapped in elevators, survived bomb scares, witnessed bloody crime scenes, and lived to tell the tales.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some intriguing people have agreed to do interviews about their jobs and in the process, have opened the eyes of our readers far and wide about the rigors of law enforcement in its many forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police Academies, Fire Fighter Academies, Emergency Medical Training Schools, Firearms Training sites, Criminal Investigation Facilities –\u00a0 have all generously allowed us to<\/span> take photos and chat with the instructors at length. Fascinating stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve met with Visiting Detectives<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 an assortment that included a psychic detective, a vegetarian detective, and a time-traveling detective from the 1800s. Sheila chimed in while they worked on puzzling cases with me. The Vegetarian Detective brought brownies. Yum.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kerrian\u2019s Notebook, Volume 1<\/em><\/strong>, which included stories from 2011 and 2012 no longer available on the website, was published in response to the readership that wanted the (over 50) stories from the first year collected into one ebook. Don\u2019t have your copy yet? Click on the link and find it at Amazon: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00HI6YBDG<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve made the journey fun. And then some.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

During the years, we kept track of which posts were the most popular, which ones you kept visiting over and over again. For research? For another laugh? To prove a point? For some of you, all three. Here is the result.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click on the links and take a look at your Top 10 Favorite Kerrian\u2019s Notebook<\/em> posts in reverse order thru 2016:<\/span><\/p>\n

10. \u201cWho are the Texas Rangers?<\/span>\u201d<\/a> (p.144)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a09. \u201cAre all handcuffs yellow<\/span>?<\/span>\u201d
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\u00a08. \u201cWhat does a Texas Ranger do?<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.145)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a07. \u201cHow big is that jail cell?<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.51)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a06. \u201cKerrian\u2019s Favorite Chocolate Cheesecake.<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.45)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>5. \u201c100 Ways to Die an Unnatural Death.<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.100)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a04. \u201cWhat does a firefighter wear?<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.119)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a03. \u201cI Like Pie.<\/a><\/span>\u201d (p.67)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a02<\/span>. “How many bodies were at the scene?<\/span><\/a>\u201d (p.87)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And the most popular post?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a01. \u201cHow to become a Texas Ranger<\/a>.<\/span>\u201d (p.146)<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, one and all!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span>
\nNext time you\u2019re in town, give us a call. We\u2019re always happy to chat about the latest trip or the trickiest case. If you\u2019re lucky, you might even meet one of the Visiting Detectives. There\u2019s always a pot of coffee on and a piece of pie just begging to be eaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

*Fingerprint photo taken by Patti Phillips at SIRCHIE, in Youngsville, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

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